Opening Day: Bush at the Ballpark

Mon, March 31, 2008 - 12:04 PM

Any presidential candidate would have loved the casual 15 minutes of air time President Bush enjoyed last night on ESPN during the Washington Nationals-Atlanta Braves season opener.

After throwing out the first pitch -- “high heat” the President called it -- Bush spent the entire third inning and half of the fourth in the announcer’s booth at the brand new stadium.

He even made the play-by-play call during the park’s first home run. To see it, go to mlb.com (the Nationals-Braves game is here).

They require you to register, but the video is free and the whole game is viewable online. Scroll ahead to 1:04:18 through 1:18:48 in the timeline to see the president’s appearance, including play-by-play, commentary on steroids in baseball, and analysis of his first pitch (a good throw, but no strike by any stretch). The homer is around 1:11:35.

Happy Opening Day.

--Neil Simon